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Turkey to reconsider FTA with Jordan ‘to ensure balance’
21-Feb-2018 Jordan Times
Relying the findings of a study by the Amman Chamber of Commerce, business leaders called for revisiting the Jordan-Turkish FTA, noting that trade balance was heavily in favour of Turkey.
Kenya faces cases at International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
21-Feb-2018 Standard Media
Kenya is facing cases at International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) with claims amounting to Sh334 billion.
Mercosur, EU to restart free trade negotiations Wednesday
21-Feb-2018 TeleSur
European Union and Mercosur representatives are pressed to close a deal before the upcoming Brazilian general elections.
Switzerland interested in a trade deal with Mercosur despite its own farmers
21-Feb-2018 MercoPress
Swiss Economic Affairs Minister wants to speed up a free trade agreement between Switzerland and Mercosur, but there is concern in the agricultural sector
12 reasons why we say NO to the Mercosur – European Union free trade agreement
21-Feb-2018 Alianza Biodiversidad
We invite you to add your signatures to this document.
Kazakhstan’s frozen billions sound alarm for sovereign funds
21-Feb-2018 Reuters
The case is one of several brought to courts in Europe by Moldovan businessman Anatolie Stati who is attempting to force the Kazakh government to pay up in a dispute about his energy investments in the oil-rich country.
La version définitive du Partenariat transpacifique publiée
21-Feb-2018 Challenges
La version définitive du Partenariat transpacifique (TPP), accord de libre-échange dans la zone Asie-Pacifique, a été publiée en vue de sa signature par 11 pays après le retrait des Etats-Unis.
Revised TPP-11 text is largely unchanged: independent assessment and Senate Inquiry needed
21-Feb-2018 AFTINET
Many of the most harmful clauses remain.
Trade issues between South Korea and US threaten to scuttle KORUS FTA negotiations
21-Feb-2018 Hankyoreh
The emergence of a number of trade issues involving South Korea and the US – including a plan being mulled over by the US to slap tariffs on South Korean steel and GM Korea’s threat to close a factory in South Korea – is creating uncertainty about the future of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), just before the third round of negotiations aimed at revising the agreement.
Civil society set out demands at EU-Indonesia trade negotiations
21-Feb-2018 Friends of the Earth Europe
The next round of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the EU and Indonesia start today in Solo, Indonesia. Civil society organisations from Europe and Indonesia, including Friends of the Earth Europe and Friends of the Earth Indonesia, will meet in parallel to discuss the consequences of a potential agreement.
Suspend Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Co-operation Agreement (ETCA) talks: PNF tells President of Sri Lanka
21-Feb-2018 Mirror Citizen
Professionals’ National Front (PNF), a collective of professional organizations, yesterday requested President Maithripala Sirisena to suspend talks on the Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Co-operation Agreement (ETCA) scheduled for February 21 in New Delhi.
Hong Kong gold exchange seeks to create gold trading corridor along Belt and Road
20-Feb-2018 South China Morning Post
The Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society (CGSE), Hong Kong’s gold exchange, is in talks with Singapore, Myanmar and Dubai to establish a gold commodity corridor to promote yuan-denominated products under China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to its president Haywood Cheung Tak-hay.
Interview: Japan hopes US returns to TPP but overhaul tough - negotiator
20-Feb-2018 Reuters
Japan’s chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Kazuyoshi Umemoto, told Reuters that an agreement among the remaining 11 member nations, set to be signed next month, may have had an impact on the United States.
Glencore, Randgold form group to challenge Congo law changes
19-Feb-2018 Bloomberg
Randgold is considering launching international arbitration if Congolese President gives his assent to the legislation.
S. Korea, five central American countries to discuss cooperation
19-Feb-2018 Yonhap
The officials will likely discuss the impact that the trade agreement could have on their economic and business relations.
Gambia gov’t spends two billion dalasis on arbitration cases!
19-Feb-2018 Freedom Newspaper
How can the Goverment risk billions of dalasis in arbitration costs, once more, with Africa Petroleum? What money will pay for this trial?
Next Nafta talks scheduled to start with auto content rules
19-Feb-2018 Bloomberg
Seventh round set to run Feb. 25 to March 5 in Mexico City. Rules of origin to be one of most discussed issues in talks.
Moving forward in global trade
19-Feb-2018 Bangkok Post
Thailand has entered into negotiations for a number of free trade agreements (FTA). Its first FTA was the Asean Free Trade Area, signed in 1992. The country has six FTAs with India, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Peru and Chile.
Moon sees Korea-US FTA as unfair deal: Cheong Wa Dae
19-Feb-2018 Yonhap
The president believes the Korea-US FTA is unfair largely in that the FTA precedes all other laws in South Korea, but in the US, federal law comes before the FTA
Indonesia, EU kick off 4th round of I-EU CEPA talks
19-Feb-2018 Jakarta Post
The major issue for Indonesia is a trade barrier for Indonesian palm oil following the decision by the EU Parliament on Jan. 17 to phase out the use of biodiesel manufactured from palm.